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Vulnerable groups at risk as Canada expands physician assisted suicide
CANADA – The move by Canada’s federal government to extend legal physician assisted suicide and euthanasia has been met with widespread concern that the most vulnerable in our society are being placed at risk. On March 17, 2021, Bill C-7 received royal assent, following a…
Life Sunday 2016: In Prayer and in Action
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is preparing to observe Sanctity of Life Sunday on January 17. A particular prayer focus this year will be the issues of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, as the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalized these acts in February 2014. The…
LCC joins Catholics, Evangelicals, and other Canadian faith leaders in declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has signed a joint declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia along with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), member churches of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), and other Canadian faith leaders. LCC is an observer member of the…
LCC to mark Sanctity of Life Sunday
CANADA – This coming Sunday (January 20, 2013) marks Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) annual “Sanctity of Life Sunday.” LCC encourages its members and congregations to remember the day, and to pray for those affected by life issues like abortion and euthanasia. The following prayer has been…
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